HomeMy WebLinkAbout377 06-09-1970ORDINANCE NO. 377
SPEED ZONE ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS
ESTABLISHED FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 167 AND 169 OF ARTICLE XIX, R.C.S. 6701d,
UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAYS, UPON
THE BASIS OF AN ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION
UPON CERTAIN STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, OR PARTS THEREOF,
WITHIN T;iE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF EULESS
AS SET OUT IN THE ORDINANCE: AND PROVIDING A PENALTY
OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $200.00 FOR VIOLATION OF THIS
Oi,D i NANCE...
WHEREAS,, Section 167 and 169 of Article XIX, R.C.S. 6701d,
Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, provides that whenever the
governing body of the City shall determine upon the basis of an
engineering and tr:.Lffic ]nveatigation that any prima facie speed there-
in set forth is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the
conditions found to exist at any intersection or other place or upon
any part of a street or highway, with the City taking into considera-
tion the width and condition of the pavement and other circumstances
on such portion of said street or highway, as well as the usual traffic
thereon, said govern body may determine and declare a reasonable and
safe prima facie speed limit thereat or thereon by the passage of an
ordinance, which shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice
thereof are erected at such intersection or other place or part of the
street or highway, now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Euless , Texas:
Section 1. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic: investigation
heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Section 167 and 169
of Article XIX, R.C.S. 6701d, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways,
the following prima facie speed limits hereafter indicated for vehicles
are hereby determined and declared to be reasonable and safe; and such
speed limits are hereby fixed at the rate of speed indicated for vehicles
traveling upon the named streets and highways, or parts thereof, described
as follows:
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Control 364 -05
Spur 350
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(a) From Station 265-1 -10 (West City Limits of Euless, also being the
East City Limits of Bedford on South Frontage Road) Easterly
2.306 miles to Station 386 +88 (Intersection with Main Street)
at 40 miles por Hour.
II. North Front�lc e Road Onl
(a) From Station 387 +32 (Intersection with Main Street) westerly
1.0'8 mile:. lo Station 333 +02 (W(,sY: City kimits o[ i ?u7c�ss,
a1sc; being, the least City Limits of Bedford on North Frontage
Road) at 40 miles per hour.
(1) School Crossing - From Station 377 +27 westerly 0.200 mile
to Station 366 +71 at 30 miles per ;-lour when so signed for
school crossing (During the hours 7:00 to 9:00 A. -M. and
2:30 to 4:30 P.M.), 40 miles per hour all other times.
Section 2. ;,ny person violating; any of the provi:;ioni; 01 this ordinance
shill be dec ;ued guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction therUOf shall
be fined in any sure not more than two hundred ($200) dollars.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 9th —DAY OF June 19 70
n'C1'ES "i : AIPPROVED
City Secrctary Mayor - -